Your Question: do you think the referees you have played under are aware of why they are awarding penalties in the scrum. am aware you cannot criticise refs but you also are aware that by keeping quiet you are not helping out irrespective of what your answer is. - allan danker

Adriaan answers: Allan, it’s very difficult for me to comment on this – not because I don’t want to, but simply because I’m stuck in the middle of the scrum and I generally don’t know what’s happening to the props’ binding and so on. I do think things are going better in the scrums and there are fewer penalties, but our focus is to get it right in terms of the referee’s interpretation and to ensure we stay on the right side of scrum penalties.